Angie Brown
Edinburgh and East reporter

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Princes Street Gardens is to remain shut on Thursday following severe weather warnings in Edinburgh.

Lauriston Castle will also remain closed on Thursday and The City Art Centre and Museum of Edinburgh will not reopen until 13:00.

Household Waste and Recycling Centres have closed across the city and people are being advised to rebook their slots online.

Mobile Covid testing units were closed early on Wednesday, although community testing centres remain open.

The council's Forestry Service has also published advice should anyone have concerns around trees, including hanging branches and trunk movement, encouraging them to contact the service.

As Storm Dudley departs, what weather conditions are on the horizon?

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Most roads, apart from a couple of minor ones, are open as normal in the Scottish Borders after problems overnight.

The A68 south of Jedburgh, the A697 at Carfraemill and the A699 at Greycrook were closed during the night because of fallen trees.

They have all now been cleared and pockets of power cuts around Hawick and Jedburgh have also been tackled.

A lorry was overturned by strong winds caused by Storm Dudley.

Video footage showed the vehicle lying on its side on the A696 near Otterburn, Northumberland, on Wednesday.

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A damaged railway gantry between Kilwinning and Largs caused by a fallen tree has been rapaired by Network Rail.

There's a signal fault in the same area which is being investigated.

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Trains are still not running on two sections of the Tyne and Wear Metro because of storm damage.

Services between North Shields and Tynemouth are suspended until further notice after a wall collapsed.

The route between Hebburn and South Shields has been closed in both directions after a tree fell on to an overhead line.

Services on other parts of the network are also being affected.

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Efforts are ongoing to deal with the damage caused to the rail network across Scotland in the wake of Storm Dudley.

"It was a really tough evening and night for us last night, Storm Dudley hit us really hard," said Network Rail's route director for Scotland Liam Sumpter.

"We have numerous reports of trees on the tracks and also damage to overhead lines and even some damage to signalling systems.

"So there is a lot of damage out there today."

Follow live updates on the clear up from the storm. Safety checks are being carried out on rail lines across Scotland to see if they can reopen after Storm Dudley.

Heavy rain and strong winds swept over parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland, bringing down trees, railway cables and power lines.

Thousands of people were without power in the north east of England, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Here is a recap of the main issues during a day when Storm Dudley hit the UK.

• A Met Office amber weather warning for Storm Dudley remains in place until midnight.
• The amber warning covers central and southern Scotland, as well as parts of England and Northern Ireland.

• The Scottish government and Police Scotland have warned of disruption across the public transport network.
• National Highways, the government agency which maintains roads in England, has also urged motorists in the affected area to only travel if "absolutely necessary".

• Thousands of people are without power after rain and high winds hit parts of the north east of England, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Lancashire as Storm Dudley struck.
• ScotRail ceased its services across Scotland at 16:00.
• Damage to overhead electric wires at Carlisle means all Avanti West Coast lines towards Glasgow and Edinburgh are blocked
• Ferry operators have suspended a number of services on Scotland's west coast, with CalMac confirming it is expecting waves of up to 12 metres (39ft) around the Hebrides.

• Northern Powergrid said there was a "relatively high likelihood that there will be some disruption to power supplies" but it was "ready to respond".
• In Yorkshire, the Humber Bridge has been closed to high-sided vehicles while a number of trains between Leeds and London have been cancelled due to damage to overhead power lines.

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Storm Dudley may have done its worst, with the Met Office amber warning due to be lifted at midnight.

But the extreme weather is set to continue.

A second storm - Storm Eunice - is expected to hit southern Scotland and parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Friday.

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Here's a final weather forecast after a storm-lashed day.

We perhaps won't see the full extent of how Storm Dudley has affected the country until first light tomorrow.

But if this image from Network Rail is anything to go by, there is going to be a huge amount of clearing up to be done.

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Network Rail tweeted: "We don't expect to be able to run any services between Kilwinning and Largs/Ardrossan tomorrow (17 February) due to significant damage caused by #StormDudley, external. We've requested rail replacement transport and will update our app and website as soon as this is confirmed."

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Volunteers in Leicestershire have been out and about removing fallen trees and making the roads safe.

This one was cleared from Slash Lane near Mountsorrel and Sileby.

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Leicestershire and Rutland 4x4 Response media manager Nigel Spencer said they were called at 17:00 and two responders attended with a tractor.

“We’re not necessarily there for tree calls but are there to keep the community safe, so if the council can’t respond then we will,” he said.

“We have gone on standby for the next few days although we don’t expect to get badly hit until lunchtime Friday, and then it depends on what help is needed by the council and police.”

Storm Dudley is expected to ease off in the early hours of Thursday - but that's not going to be the end of the story.

As the UK braces for a second storm this week, BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes explains more about named winter storms and their impacts.

The Network Rail team in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, have shared a stark image of destruction caused to overhead line structures by a fallen tree.

It is expected that rail services will run between Kilwinning and Largs or Ardrossan on Thursday.

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Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney has chaired a further meeting of the Scottish government’s Resilience Room to co-ordinate its storm response.

A government spokesman says the impact on travel, power and services is being monitored.

We've been hearing throughout the day about ferry services being cancelled because of adverse weather at sea.

But things also looked distinctly uncomfortable on board The Tall Ship, which is berthed next to Glasgow's Riverside Museum on the normally subdued River Clyde.

Trees on railway lines and roads are perhaps an expected hazard of the gale-force winds produced by Storm Dudley.

But the falling and flying debris can come in other, more unusual forms - even trampolines.

Storm Dudley also causes power cuts and trees to fall, with things expected to worsen by Friday.

As the evening goes on, it's not just the north of the UK that is being affected.

A tree has fallen onto a car at Birmingham University's campus and another one across a road in Penn Fields in Wolverhampton as high winds strike.

Rail services between Birmingham Snow Hill and Whitlocks End have been cancelled due to a tree on the line.

Rail crews also cleared away a mattress which blew onto the line at Lye.

Read more here.

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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is advising customers with tickets for journeys between York or Leeds and London King’s Cross on Friday to bring them forward to Thursday.

The operator says the move is ahead of expected disruption and infrastructure damage on the east coast line from Scotland to England due to Storm Eunice.

Services that can operate face extended journey times, and short notice delays, alterations and cancellations are expected.